Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- EmG
- Distance
- 12,184 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.012552
- Coordinates
- RA 192.4757° · Dec -41.2794°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 12 49 54.1
- Declination
- −41 ° 16 ′ 46 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3862 km/s
- Distance
- 157 Mly (48.2 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Centaurus Cluster
- Type
- SAB(s)0^0
- Size
- ~86,700 ly (26.57 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.4 x 0.6
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4706 is a lenticular galaxy located about 157 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on June 5, 1834. NGC 4706 is a member of the Centaurus Cluster.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1113592” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.